Just a little over 3 days left to play in our current challenge so get your wings-inspired mixed media cards linked up! We've got one last batch of inspiration cards to share:
Stencil trees with black watercolor pencils, stamped flowers with distress inks and stamp on Clearly for Art clear acetate for the butterfly to make it 3-D and colored with Sharpie Pens.
Gold foiled glue "drops and stripes" on the background. Pink, purple and black misting. Distress inked chipboard two layer dragonfly and a fussy cut butterfly for the wings theme, misted paper towel ripped pieces under the fussy cut flower paper image. Random fussy cut leaves covered with glitter glue. Dragonfly treated with glitter glue for additional shine. Everything layered over each other.
Die-cuts with sponging and shaping for leaves and branch. Die-cut wreath cut into small pieces to form nest and flower soft added on top for extra texture. Birds are coloured with Copics and fussy-cut.
Layered fabric petals, white fabric leaves and a silver tulle flower. Prima butterfly stamped onto vellum, coloured behind with gelatos and fussy cut. Wood veneer sentiment and Distress Ink edges.
Say hello to the month of May! That means it's time for a new mixed media card challenge theme. For May, our theme is "WINGS". Show us your mixed media cards that feature things with wings: butterflies, birds, dragonflies, fairies, planes, angels, etc. "Foil" is an optional element.
HOW TO PLAY
1. Create a mixed media CARD based on the theme, with or without the optional element.
2. Display the challenge graphic on your blog post and link back to this challenge post.
3. You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is different.
4. You may combine a maximum of 7 challenges (6 other challenges plus ours).
5. Submit your projects by May 25, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).
6. We'll announce the winner and highlights on May 31.
DESIGN TEAM CALL
Our challenge blog turns one in July and I'm looking for a few new mixed media card artists to be part of the design team as we enter our second year. As a design team member, you'll:
create one mixed media card a month based on a theme (reminder cards are optional)
comment on your assigned entries
pick your favorite and vote on the winner
Interested? If you'd like to be considered, create a mixed media card based on this month's theme and link it up to the gallery. So that I know you're applying, add "DT" after your name (e.g., Your Name - DT).
Successful applicants will be notified by June 5, introduced here on the blog on June 20, and officially start their term on July 1.
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So how did the design team interpret the theme? Take a look at the cards below. We hope they inspire you to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your beautiful cards!
Card stock layered with Foil Tape for die cut, embossed bee colored with Alcohol Inks and Rub N Buff Gold Leaf, stenciling, sponging, stamping and Big Chat Stickers.
Printed Tim Holtz tissue paper, ripped and then gessoed onto cardstock, oversprayed with Heidi Swapp bronze and swiped over, moths and butterfly coloured with gelatos, stamped and die cut sentiment, edges swiped with Distress Ink on a pearlised cardstock base.
Gelli plate background with acrylic paints , butterflies stamped over masked area & coloured with distress markers. Stamped butterflies, coloured fussy cut and painted over with crackle paint
Gray background misted with black and hint of gold. Butterfly stamped on a piece of watercolour paper, heat embossed with black embossing powder. Painted with vivid watercolours. Background embellished with an inked and stamped doily. Butterfly highlighted with white acrylic paint.
The Mixed Media Card Challenge #11 - Wings
A friendly reminder: We are a CARD challenge, therefore please only submit card projects (no layouts, altered projects, ATCs, etc.). Non-card projects will be deleted.
A friendly reminder: We are a CARD challenge, therefore please only submit card projects (no layouts, altered projects, ATCs, etc.). Non-card projects will be deleted.
